Paste brush holder



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PASTE BRUSH HOLDER Filed Nov. "21, 1958 Patented May 14, 1940 Otto D.Edick, Lansing,

Mich, assignor to Samuel H. Davis and John F. Motcheck, Jiz, Lansing,

Mich.

Application November 21,1938, Serial No. 241,711

2 Claims.

This invention relates to paste or paint brush holders, intendedparticularly for the purpose of supporting a brush upon the edge of areceptacle, from which position it may be readily removed for use whendesired.

The object of this invention is the production of a brush holder of thecharacter stated having special construction and arrangement of acontinuous length of heavy wire or the like, whereby there may becheaply manufactured a reliable brush holder easily applied to any pasteor paint bucket whether the wall thereof be vertical or inclined, andwhich will hold the brush securely and yet permit its ready removal byhand. It is believed that this invention cannot get out of order andthat it will withstand any amount of rough usage.

In the accompanying drawing the formation and arrangement of theessential features of this invention are illustrated, and

Fig. 1 represents a side view of the invention on the edge or rim of abucket with a brush held therein.

Fig. 2 is a like side view from the other side of the invention.

Fig. 3 is a front view, full size, showing all the parts of thisinvention assembled.

Fig. 4 is a side View similar to Fig, 1, full size, and showing one endfastened to the connecting member described.

Throughout the drawing and description the same number is used to referto the same part.

It is thought that the particular arrangement of the main portion,usually heavy wire, of this invention may be best followed in Figs. 3and 4 showing the holder full size.

A transverse connecting member I is a unitary part, the ends 2 of whichare headed as shown to retain washers 3 to retain the remaining parts ofthe wire element is place. The end 4 of a continuous length of wire isturned over the connecting member near the end thereof. From the securedend 4 the wire part 5 slants outwardly and downwardly and at a lowerpoint has a turn 6 continuing in an inward and upward slanting part 1and a vertical part 8. The parts I and 8' slant with respect to eachother and the result is a bend where they come together. This bend.marked la, may be termed a clamping bend for purposes of explanation.The wire part 8 continues upwardly and. is given a large turn it abovethe connecting member. The wire part HI then passes downwardly from turn9 and is formed at its lower portion into a double turn II from whichthere is an upwardly extending part I 2 which is given a single turn l3around the connecting member I and is continued upwardly and outwardlyin a slanting direction in a leg and back or cross piece of the brushsupport M. This is a substantially rectangular form of the wire as shownin Fig. 3. The second leg l5 of the support 14 slants downwardly to andis turned around the connecting member I near its second end, thencedownwardly in part IE to the double turn H, which is a counterpart ofthe double turn ll on the other side. From turn 11 the vertical part I8extends into the second large turn 38 above the connecting member '1.From turn it the wire is given a downward part 20. like part 6, and frompart 20 a downward and outward slant 2!, like 7. Between the parts andat the junction thereof, there is a clamping bend like the bend la, andthe parts 20 and 2| have at the lower end a single turn 22, from whichrises the part 23 the upper end of which, that is to say, the remainingend of the continuous wire, has the end turn 24 next to the washer onthe remaining end of the connecting member I The operation of theinvention is thought to be clear from Fig. 1, and is the same as usualin such brush holders. The parts 5, 6, l and 8, and their fellow partson the other side, as the wire is resilient, may be pulled outwardlyfrom the adjacent sides of the holder and slipped down ,upon the insideof the bucket 26. The holder being thus clamped upon the rim of thebucket with the connecting member I closely above the rim. Brush 25 thenhas its handle passed over the connecting member and under the back ofthe holder 14, with the bristles of the brush arranged over the bucketto permit any paint or paste droppings to fall into the bucket, yetallowing the handle to be conveniently grasped by the hand and removedby the user.

Having now described this invention, I claim:

1. A brush holder comprising in combination,

' a transverse connecting member, and a continuous wire portion attachedat its ends to the opposite ends of said transverse member, saidcontinuous wire extending first downwardly from one of its attachedends, thence upwardly above said connecting member near the firstattached end of the continuous wire, the said wire continued downwardlyand being turned upwardly and turned around the said connecting memberand extended outwardly to form one side and top of a rectangular brushsupport, the opposite side of said support having a turn around saidconnecting member whereby the sides of the said support are spacedapart, said continuous wire being thence extended downwardly and turnedupwardly into a rounded turn above the said connecting member, said wirebeing thence ext tended downwardly and upwardly and the renecting membernear the ends thereof and extended to form an upwardly and outwardlyinclined brush support, the said side portions being turned downwardlyat the top and arranged to form downwardly extending portions havingclamping bands adapted to press against the inside of a receptacle, theparts of the wire side portions which are turned aroundsaidconnectingmember being arranged to pass down on the outside of the receptaclewhereby the said connecting member will rest above and near the rim ofthe receptacle, said side portions at the ends of said. transversemember constructed to be passed over and to resiliently engage the edgeof the receptacle. I

OTTO D; EDICK.

